Imprbyeivient in carriage-seats



I. SEBASTIAN.

Q 1x01173505. CARRIAGE-SEAT.

I f Patented Feb 15 18 "PETERS PHOTO- THOGRAPHER WASH NGION C ig part of Letters P Toal l iwhbm-itj, d ate 14;

Be it known thatI, JAoo SEBASTIAN, of

l NewfYork,in the county and stateof New' 3 IYork, havefinventedfia new and useful In). provementiuspring Seat-s; and; I do hereby declare that rthe'followin g is a full, clear, and

jshaped springs,.pivoted,at one end to the said, pp rt T m pr n b a LP TQPQ t e latter being connected [to ther springs" at one eml,,hinge(l to tlies'aid'supports at the other, a i and havingan extended bearing against the :n ,-saine, 'whereb reduce a very superior xspring-seatyal offgwhich l'lll be out of v theway of alo'a en appliedtoa wagon or truck, and wjhic in be swungover upside doWnat'plea-sure [n.the accompany 'g drawing, Figure :1 is

a partly:jsectionalfiside"viewof a wagon-seat embodying inyin ventiointhe same being representedii -.gposition for usey and Fig.2 is a f similar view,re1resenting'these'atswung overj "upsidedownw Similar letters lof'reference indicate corre spondinglparts inb'otli'figures; T A@-indicateszone;of-tlie posts or uprights usuallyprovided at the front of a' wagon. These, in thepresentexample of-iny'invention,

. EfOIlIltllG supports for the seat. 1

designates a seat" of ordinaryconstruction. B designatjesfone ,of two or more springs for supporting'this's'eat,.the latter being secured toisaid s'pringsby bolts, or in anyother suita- .blemanner; ,Theforward ends of. these springs B are' supported by-the posts or uprightsA, and areyprefer'ably hinged or pivoted to pins a ,"arranged bet-ween plates 1), aliix'ed' to the sides of said posts or uprights, as by this "means theyfare insured against lateral displacement'yand hence the seat is kept steady.

.I) designatesone of twoor more elastic brackets or'props, whose office it is to support the rear end of thesprings B, as may be seen by 5 i reference, to Fig. 11, and they are made of i .angular form, somewhat like'the letter'V, and

exact descriptionofthe same,ireference being 1 had to theaccompanying drawing, forming part My inventil nf c masts) in connloination,i with suitablesupports and-a seat, of a bow} Eise s e n-it:iormw yo BK; N; ii. lIlllPROl IlEMEN-l' m"caamnes sems, I

are hung on pins or pivots 0, arranged'b'er tween the said plates b. lO ne portion'or limb bears against a rest on the back. of the up- 3 V 1 rights A, between said plates Z), :wherebythe latter secures such brackets against lateral displacement and steady the seat. The other portions or limbs of said brackets extend backward and are connected to the-corre- "sponding' ends of the springs B,'preferably V by links d, and.'heiice,5in' connection with the brackets, said uprights A, support these springs, and the seat," 7

,I' desire'to have 'it-understood that if the f springs B and bracketsorpropsD are hinged tothe same pins orpivotsjthey may be hinged directly together, or, indeed,if"desirable, may

be formed in the same piece. It isobvious it that in either case the seat isste'adied laterally by; thebearing of the brackets or props between the plates 11 bonthe postsor uprights This seat is possessed offseveral veryim- I portant advantages not combined in any other I spring-seat of which lhave knowledge. Itis very compact, and hence never interferes with the load or the wagon. It has no fastenings of any kind; hence its position maybechanged. K by swinging it overin, any direction without any previous manipulation.

What Iclainn as my invention, and desireto secure by Letters-Patent,' is- 1 1. The combination, with the posts or uprights A and seat 0, of the springs B and elastic brackets 'D,ipivoted to the saiduprights at the forward ends,and pivoted together at the rear ends, said brackets resting against a bearing, e, on the back of said uprights A when the seat is in position for use, substantially as hereinset forth. a i v 2. The combination of the supports A, seat (3, springs B, pins a, spring'brackets or props D,

pins '0 c, bearin g 6, plates bb, and links d d, con

nectingthe brackets and springs, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JACOB SEBASTIAN.

Witnesses: I

EDWIN H. BROWN, 7 OORYTON M. WOODBURY. 

